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Josh Goodman

Josh Goodman

Former Staff Writer

Josh Goodman, a former Governing staff writer, works on The Pew Charitable Trusts’ state fiscal policy project.

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Senseless
Planning to promise this New Year's to lost weight, quit smoking or spend more time with your family? Those resolutions are tough to keep. Instead, ...
April 08, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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Two-Party Stranglehold
Here's a statistic that surprised me: Once all the new legislators are sworn in, Mordecai "Three-Finger" Brown could have counted every state senator ...
April 08, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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Legislatures: Who's Really in Charge?
Which party, Democratic or Republican, has more power in our brand-new state governments? That simple-sounding question is actually much more complicated than at first blush, ...
April 08, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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Quote Larry Sabato, Ever More
The University of Virginia's Larry Sabato has been called a lot of things, from "the Mark McGwire of political analysts," to "America's ...
April 08, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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What Goes 'Rounds...
Everyone's glad to hear that South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson is feeling better, but a few people are probably especially relieved: his family, his fellow ...
April 08, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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"If Only We Could Be Like Mississippi"
Residents of Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and other states have been known to remark, "Thank goodness for Mississippi," when presented with a 50-state ranking. ...
April 08, 2010
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...and Tinkerbell Transit
Only once every three or four blue moons do we receive an interesting press release through our fax machine here on the 13th Floor, but ...
April 08, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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When Tuition Freezes Over
Here's a hot issue in states: college tuition freezes. Governors O'Malley of Maryland, Gregoire of Washington, Rell of Connecticut, Pawlenty of Minnesota and Schweitzer of ...
April 08, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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Too Many Conductors Ruin the Trains?
Have you every thought about who's in charge of intercity train service in the United States? Hopefully not, because if you did, you'd probably end ...
April 08, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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Unadulterated Truth
Governing gave William Glaberson of the New York Times our annual journalism award yesterday. There's lots that we liked about his series on New York's ...
April 08, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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